A vermilion dot on the forehead is one of India’s most widely accepted Hindu cultural insignias. At the Maha Kumbh festival, ...

Editor-in-Chief Shekhar Gupta, joined by Senior Assistant Editor Soumya Pillai, discusses factors contributing to Yamuna’s ...

The late release of casualty figures at the gathering of millions of people was seen as shielding the political fortunes of a ...

The Hindu festival that turned deadly in northern India on Wednesday is a religious gathering with deep spiritual meaning for devotees who come by the millions to take a cleansing dip in waters they ...

A reporter’s trip to the world’s largest holy festival was interrupted by a deadly stampede. His account reveals both the ...

People were trampled as pilgrims at the Maha Kumbh Mela, one of the world’s biggest gatherings, gathered where the Ganges and Yamuna Rivers meet, officials said.

A Russian citizen by birth, Atma Prem Giri Maharaj, converted to Hinduism around 30 years ago ... the confluence of the rivers Ganga, Yamuna and the mythical Saraswati — in Prayagraj, Uttar ...

The mega spiritual gathering has seen pilgrims and sadhus (saints) from India and abroad converge on the banks of the Sangam - the sacred confluence of the rivers Ganga, Yamuna, and the mythical ...

The Maha Kumbh is a significant festival in Hinduism, attracting crores of devotees from across ... It is believed that bathing in the holy confluences of Ganga, Yamuna, and Saraswati rivers, on ...

Hindus venerate rivers, and none more so than the Ganges and the Yamuna. The faithful believe that a dip in ... For Modi and ...

He learned about Hinduism about thirty years ago and has ... the sacred confluence of the Ganga, Yamuna, and the mythical Saraswati.

This sacred confluence of three rivers – the Ganga, Yamuna, and the mythical Saraswati – is deeply rooted in Hindu spirituality and mythology, making it a central location for one of the ...